Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty

Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty-1

John M. Mathis Hervé Deramond Stephen M. Belkoff Editors 2006 Since the first edition of this book was published in 2002, there have been many advances in our knowledge of percutaneous vertoplasty (PV), particularly about how to perform the procedure more safely and how to approach more complex case situations. Additionally, materials that were initially used “off label” or […]

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Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction-1

G.Willy Davila, Gamal M. Ghoniem and Steven D.Wexner (Eds.) 2006 All the characteristics and driving force of The Cleveland Clinic are to be found in this book on pelvic floor function. The Cleveland Clinic is a group practice founded in 1921 on the principles of cooperation, collaboration, and collegiality. Its founders believed that many physicians working together will […]

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Pediatric Surgery

Pediatric Surgery-1

P. Puri · M. E. Höllwarth (Eds.) 2006 During the past two decades major advances in prenatal diagnosis, imaging, resuscitation, intensive care, minimally invasive surgery and operative techniques have radically altered the management of infants and children with surgical conditions. There are now several excellent paediatric surgery texts available which focus on the historical background, embryogenesis, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of childhood […]

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Pathology of the Head and Neck

Pathology of the Head and Neck-1

Antonio Cardesa · Pieter J. Slootweg (Eds.) 2006 This book was initially conceived as a unitary group of chapters on “Pathology of the Head and Neck”, to be published in German within the series of volumes of Remmele’s Textbook of Pathology. From the outset, the editorial approach was to concentrate on pathological entities that are either unique to or quite […]

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Modified Fibers with Medical and Specialty Applications

Modified Fibers with Medical and Specialty Applications-1

Edited by J. VINCENT EDWARDS GISELA BUSCHLE-DILLER STEVEN C. GOHEEN 2006 The initial impetus for this book on fibers originated from a weeklong symposium where scientists of a variety of walks met to discuss their work on fibers with medical and specialty applications. Seeing the benefits of sharing information across disparate fields and disciplines of science we realized […]

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MIS Techniques in Orthopedics

MIS Techniques in Orthopedics-1

Giles R. Scuderi Alfred J. Tria, Jr. Richard A. Berger Editors 2006 Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is changing the way orthopedic surgery is practiced and is now considered state-of-the-art. There are rapid advances in the surgical techniques with the introduction of navigation and robotics, which assist the surgeon in performing the procedure with limited visualization.

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Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery-1

H.M. Mayer (Ed.) 2006 A Surgical Manual Five years have passed since the first edition of this book. Minimally invasive surgical techniques have become a significant part of the daily routine in spine surgery. Some of the techniques which have been described in the first edition have become standard in spine centres all around the world, others have […]

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Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery and Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery and Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology-1

T. Kanno (Editor in Chief) Y. Kato (Ed.) 2006 Two meetings took place simultaneously in Nagoya in March 2005. Both the 6th International Congress of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery (MIN) and the 3rd World Congress of the Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology (AMN) were held at the same venue and successfully brought together experts in different areas of clinical neuroscience and […]

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